1) Ceiba
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1) Cushion filling 2) Insulation material 3) Java cotton 4) Life preserver filler 5) Life preserver material 6) Life preserver stuffing 7) Life-jacket innards 8) Life-jacket material 9) Life-jacket stuffing 10) Life-preserver filling 11) Life-preserver stuffing 12) Massive tropical tree 13) Material for pillow stuffing
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• (n.) A silky wool derived from the seeds of Ceiba pentandra (syn. Eriodendron anfractuosum), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
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seed-hair fibre obtained from the fruit of the kapok tree or the kapok tree itself. The kapok is a gigantic tree of the tropical forest canopy and ... [1 related articles]
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A fiber obtained from the seed hairs of the ceiba tree. See also ceiba, java cotton, and silk cotton.
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A short, lightweight, cotton like, vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree. Because of its brittle quality, it is generally not spun. However, its buoyancy and moisture resistance makes it ideal for use in cushions, mattresses, and life jackets.
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Ka·pok' noun [ Prob. from the native name.]
(Botany) A silky wool derived from the seeds of
Ceiba pentandra (syn.
Eriodendron anfractuosum ), a bombaceous tree of the East and West Indies.
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A short, lightweight, cotton-like, vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree. Because of its brittle quality, it is generally not spun. However, its buoyancy and moisture resistance makes it ideal for use in cushions, mattresses, and life jackets.
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Kapok or silk cotton, is a silky fibre obtained from the hairs covering the seeds of the kapok tree or silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra). Kapok is used for stuffing pillows. Mattresses and cushions and for sound insulation.
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from kapuk, 'a fine fibrous substance which grows around the seeds of a ceiba or silk-cotton tree, used as stuffing for cushions'
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[
n] - from the kapok tree 2. [n] - massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss
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Used as an insulating or flotation material it comes from the seed hairs of the kapok tree (Ceiba Pentranda).
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Silky hairs that surround the seeds of certain trees, particularly the kapok tree (
Bombax ceiba) of India and Malaysia and the silk-cotton tree (
Ceiba pentandra) of tropical America. Kapok is used for stuffing cushions and mattresses and for sound insulation; oil obtained from the seeds is used in food ...
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A short, lightweight, cotton-like, vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree. Because of its brittle quality, it is generally not spun. However, its buoyancy and moisture resistance makes it ideal for use in cushions, mattresses, and life jackets.
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A lightweight vegetable fiber found in the seed pods of the Bombocaceae tree, native to Central and South America. The fiber is water resistant and buoyant, and while difficult to spin and weave, is often found as filling in mattresses, pillows, life vests and upholstery.
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the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree Ceiba pentandra, of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation. Also called
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